Computer Graphics is undoubtedly an important tool, widely used for representing and manipulating enormous amounts of highly complex information. Usually, the archaeological information is highly complex, so its representation using computer graphics technology is a true and engaging challenge. Virtual reconstructions representing archaeological sites, as for example the roman town Bracara Augu...

 Introduction & Historical aspects: o Evolution of Summary Measure of Population health  Summary measure of Population health: o Why Important. o Different Measures: Sullivan‟s, Health Expectancy: HALE, QALE, DFLE o DALY  Global burden of Disease study.  Disability Adjusted Life Years: DALYs. o Measure, Calculations, Social and Cultural, Sensitivity analysis. o Why important o DALY and QALY...

A revelatory case study has been conducted to investigate the influence of the organizational culture on risks in IT projects. Following the Grounded Theory Methodology, we interviewed 26 experts from a large financial service provider. We selected a company from the cooperative banking sector, which makes this case unique. With Giddens’ Structuration Theory as a theoretical lens, we show how t...

Purpose Preliminary evidence attests to the effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions in reducing symptoms associated with a variety of medical and psychological conditions. However, there are discrepancies in how mindfulness has been operationalized, assessed, and practiced. Contemporary mindfulness assessments were developed by Western scientists and have questionable validity, particu...

As it is widely known documentation is an important issue within the tasks of conservation, preservation and restoration of Cultural Heritage objects. In this context high-tech measuring methods which, at the same time, are located in the low-cost price segment, are of special interest. In this paper a special solution is presented, which preserves the potential of state-of-the-art photogrammet...

Teachers have many roles to fulfill. One of the most important roles is that of expert in the subject field they teach. Teachers should master the contents of the subject and should be able to deepen understanding and insight in these contents. Language teachers do not only teach the foreign language. They are also responsible for the teaching of the culture of the language. This article report...

Acquiring preference information from decision-makers and stakeholders may carry biasing effects due to question framing. In order to avoid unwanted distortions, respondent-driven querying methods are advisable to apply; however, concerning multiple stakeholders a challenge remains how to combine individually collected concepts and further on their individual valuations to an unified preference...

There is a continuing controversy over Native American fishing and hunting rights. We show that Native American (Menominee) and European American fish experts have a common knowledge base and share values and attitudes associated with fishing practices (though organized around different ethical principles). Nonetheless, perceived group differences are dramatic (especially European American perc...

Servicization of language resources (LR) and technologies (LT) on an appropriately designed and adequately operated infrastructure is a promising solution for sharing them effectively and efficiently. Given this rationale, this position paper reviews relevant attempts around the Language Grid, and presents prospects for an ontologygrounded language service infrastructure. As the associated issu...